Stirrup-leather.



No. 728,819. PATENTED MAY 19, 1903..

J. P. WROE. STIRRUP LEATHER.

APPLICATION FILED SEIT. 3. 1902. H0 MODEL- avv I M :lfneaaco attorney:

UNITED STATE Patented May 19, 1903. v

PATENT rrrcnt JAMES P. WVROE, OF LAGRANGE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY F. LANGE, OF LAGRANGE, TEXAS.

STIRR U P-LEATH ER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 728,819, dated May 19, 1903.

Application filed September 3, 1902- Serial No. 121,977. (No model.)

1'0 all whont it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES P. \VROE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lagrange, in the county of Fayette and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stirrup -Leathers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in stirrup-leathers; and the object in view is the production of such devices with a minimum expenditure of material and labor.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in a stirrup-leather made up of two straps suitably secured together and provided with means for permitting longitudinal adjustment of the same relative to each other.

It further consists in certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be fully hereinafter described and claimed.

The figure of the drawing represents a perspective view of a stirrup-leather embodying the features of the present invention.

In the art to which the present invention relates itis common to form a stirrup-leather of a single strap having its ends overlapped and laced together,a sweat-leather being attached to one end of the strap and being secured at its other end intermediate the length of the strap. This arrangement, however, does not provide for adjusting the length of the stirrup-leather, as such adjustment would necessarily derange the sweat-leather. The present invention obviates this and other diffioulties by the employment of the elements disclosed in the accompanying drawing, in which- 1 designates a suitable form of sweat-leather attached at its lower end, as at 2, to one end of a strap 3 by means of rivets or in any other suitable manner. The upper or free end of strap 3 is formed with a series of lacing-apertures 4: for the purposes hereinafter set forth. A strap 5 has one end attached, as at 6, by means of rivets or otherwise to the strap 3 intermediate its length, but nearer its upper end than its lower. The opposite end of strap 5 is formed with a series of lacing-apertures 7, and the upper end of sweat-leather 1 is similarly apertured, so that when the parts are assembled as indicated in the drawing a suitable lace, as 8, may be threaded through the registering apertures of the sweat-leather and the straps 3 and 5 for securing the parts together at this point. The straps 3 and 5 form the stirrup-leather and are cut of equal lengths, whereby they may be alternatively used or substituted for each other as may be desired.

It will be observed that when it is desired to increase or decrease the length of the present stirrup-leather it is only necessary to remove the lacing 8 and adjust the parts as desired and replace the said lacing. The arrangement of apertures 4 and 7 permits of the taking up or of the lengthening of the stirrup-leather without altering the position of sweat-leather 1 relative to said stirrupleather.

Although one particular embodiment of the present invention has been set forth in detail, it will be understood that any alterations with reference to the minor details may be made and any changes effected within the spirit'and scope of the present invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isp 1. In a stirrup-leather, the combination with a sweat-leather of a strap secured at one end to said sweat-leather, a second strap secured intermediate the length of the first strap, and means detachably securing the free ends of said straps together, substantially as described.

2. In a stirrup-leather, the combination with a sweat-leather of a strap secured at one end to said sweat-leather, a second strap secured intermediate the length of the first strap, and means detachably securing the sweat-leather and the free ends of said straps together, substantially as described.

3. A stirrup-leather comprising a strap car rying a sweat-leather, a second strap secured tothe central portion of the first strap at one end, While the other end of said second strap Ioo meets one of the free ends of the sweat-leather strap, and means for adj ustably securing the second strap for altering the length of the stirrup-leather without deranging the sweatleather, substantially as described.

4. A stirrup-leather, comprising a strap se- 5 cured at one end to a sweat-leather, a sweatleather carried by said strap, a second strap attached at one end to the middle portion of the first strap, and means for adjustably securing the free end of the second strap to. the

10 free end of the first strap for shortening or lengthening the stirrup-leather without affecting the sweat-leather, substantially as described.

5. In a stirrup-leather, the combination 

